Off The Felt with Dan Bilzerian

[Mark_Porter]

Great video. Just taking baller to a whole new level.

[DaveShoelace]

TBH he is only doing what anyone with a $100 million trust fund would do. I'm not up with the young person vernacular, but if baller means cool, he ain't that. If I saw someone like Ivey doing this, knowing that he actually earned the money from humbler beginnings, then I would be much more awestruck. Certainly shouldn't hero worship the guy, Tikay would probably be hosting champagne parties with lots of fly honeys in the first class cabin of 9.20 from Lewisham to Charing Cross if he had $100 million to play with.

I'm not slagging him off either, obviously I'm as jealous as the next man and its quite good popcorn gif entertainment, but he didnt do anything to be this playboy we see other than be born.

[GreekStein]

Guns guns guns, that's exactly whats wrong with America. Every moron can get one so easily

[tikay]

Is he this guy?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bilzerian


Where did he get all his poker winnings from? Not sure I'd even heard of him. I need to get out more.

[Doobs]

Is he this guy?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Bilzerian


Where did he get all his poker winnings from? Not sure I'd even heard of him. I need to get out more.

His Dad went bankrupt owing hundreds of millions. 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bilzerian

Some bitter people have put two and two together and made four.

[redarmi]

Wow is this really what people aspire to these days?

[Mark_Porter]

I am not sure his 'buzz' is really based on aspiration, more just a fascination that some people can live like this, so far removed from an average Joe.

He has made his poker money (he claims >$50 million) in private cash games staying clear of battling the big guns and milking the businessman who want to play with him.

I have no idea why anyone would want 90+ guns.

[Marky147]

Believe he had a nice run at the WSOP and span $2k into $2m

[Doobs]

Believe he had a nice run at the WSOP and span $2k into $2m

I saw some interview with Ivey the other day, where they asked him about Bilzerian's claims Ivey was bust.  He said he didn't think he had ever played with him.  So he goes to the WSOP plays loads of big games makes $2m and avoids playing with the fella all these rich businessman would really love to play with.

He has one Hendon mob cash, think people need to be a bit more cynical.

[DaveShoelace]

Believe he had a nice run at the WSOP and span $2k into $2m

I saw some interview with Ivey the other day, where they asked him about Bilzerian's claims Ivey was bust.  He said he didn't think he had ever played with him.  So he goes to the WSOP plays loads of big games makes $2m and avoids playing with the fella all these rich businessman would really love to play with.

He has one Hendon mob cash, think people need to be a bit more cynical.

+1 I know tons of people who claim to be winning big in live cash games (soft 5/10 games) - it's the last place people can go to lie about poker winnings

[redarmi]

If this lad has made $50m in cash games I would be absolutely stunned.  It just doesn't stand up to any scrutiny.   If you look at the best years of some of the very best players in the world like Galfond, Ivey, playing online they are making $2-3m a year playing at the very highest stakes (albeit against the best) but they are also seeing a lot more hands etc and are better than him yet this guy is suggesting he makes more money than them despite playing less hands and presumably at lower stakes.  Sad thing is he probably has won a couple of million like Marky says and that in itself is very good but why embellish it?

[pleno1]

He plays in games against businessmen where the big blind is 25k with straddles etc he's playing in games where pros rent allowed to play against some of the richest gamblers in America. Making absolute chunks.

[Marky147]

Never said he made $2m playing

$2k-$2m was from the % he bought in Jay Farber in the m/e

[pleno1]

Yeah or maybe he bought 50% then told the tax office he bought 20% and a uk reg had 30 and was tax free..

[Woodsey]

Believe he had a nice run at the WSOP and span $2k into $2m

think people need to be a bit more cynical.

lol I was in Vegas before xmas and ended up playing 1/2 with this gobby cockney guy (he was only playing 1/2 for fun cuz his mate was  ). He was going on about how he usually makes 20 grand a week from poker, plays all over the country including at DTD where he was getting the lot lol, and I could see his Ferrari parked outside sometimes (it belongs to another reg the one that is often there). Ok I don't go to DTD that much these days, maybe only a couple of times a month, but I at least know who most of the locals/regs and high rollers are. I just knew this guy was full of shit and a plastic balla, I don't know how he thought he could get away with his bullshit. I hate that word balla anyway, anyone that tries to be seen to be one is a nob anyway in my book.